INTELLIGENCE ONLINE

Israel
Israel maps Gaza's underground using SAR and Lidar

Tel Aviv is deploying all its intelligence resources to map Hamas's tunnels, a major challenge if Israel is to neutralise the Islamist group's offensive capabilities.

France
France's parliamentary intelligence delegation laments missing classified documents

The parliamentary intelligence delegation has highlighted limitations on its mission to monitor and evaluate French intelligence policy, including heavily redacted notes and missing reports, and is calling for better treatment.

The Intelligence Gazette
DPR and fiscal intelligence, La France Insoumise and the CNCTR

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

FranceParliamentary intelligence delegation still queries new fiscal intelligence unit

FranceParliament rejects La France Insoumise support of intelligence techniques surveillance unit

Ethiopia, Russia
Russian technology and training bolster Ethiopia's SIGINT capacities

Russia is sending an array of electronic warfare materiel to Ethiopia, which is looking to develop its interception capabilities and protect its airspace from major strikes.

France
French gendarmes top users of legal interception platform

In 2022, users of the French national interception platform PNIJ made 46,000 legal interception requests and filed 2.9 million requests for connection data. The Gendarmerie is the platform's number one user.

Estonia
Tallinn calls in surveillance equipment distributor Optimus Systems to secure border with Russia

Tallinn-based Optimus Systems, which has been given the task of supplying surveillance equipment for crossing points on the Estonia-Russia border, distributes the products of a number of US and European manufacturers.

India, Pakistan
Fearful of Indian infiltration, Pakistan's ISI steps up university surveillance

Convinced that New Delhi's attempts to recruit academics from its universities are on the increase, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence has tightened its security protocol.

Israel, Ukraine, United States
Defence firms ratchet up political donations as business opportunities blossom with wars in Europe and the Middle East

Honeywell, Boeing, Lockheed and Northrop rank high among top contributors during the first nine months of the year. Donations strategically targeted among key elected officials from both parties.

China, Israel
Israeli-Hong Kong technical intelligence connection revived

Intelos, also known as Adhoc, an Israeli firm specialised in geolocation through online advertising, (ADINT) is particularly active in Asia and has a foothold in Hong Kong.

Central Asia, United States
Caspian Policy Center quietly backs Central Asian governments, in particular Azerbaijan

A self-described independent think tank, the CPC serves as an unofficial lobbying organisation for the region's rulers. The group's staff and board members include former senior US officials involved in national security and foreign policy.

France, Middle East
Influence battle between Israel and Gulf nations plays out in Nice

Global Diwan, a French-Middle Eastern business club, has pushed back the date of its second annual forum in Nice, where the mayor, a long-standing friend of the Israeli consulting firm Elnet, has been outspoken in his support of Israel.

The Tech Times
Assured Information Security's cyber contract renewed, Ofer Cohen launches Israeli firm, Brian Katz into private sector

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

Rome, Washington Assured Information Security lands more cyber for USAF

Ga'ash Ofer Cohen launches Israeli firm

Menlo Park Brian Katz invests in intelligence